Lions Cuddle Quilts

Here are some of the cuddle quilts that some of our very busy quilters have made recently for the Gin Gin Lions Club. These quilts are given to sick children in our area to help make their hospital visits a little easier.

Our Girls Weekend

Well, what a weekend we had. We had heaps of fun as well as raising lots of money for the Lions Medical Research Foundation. Barb is our Sewing Champion! She won the sew off, finally competing with good friend Lyn. As you can see there was some foul play resulting in Barb getting back to the table first with her finished block. Thank goodness Lyn is such a good sport. A huge thank you must go to everyone who helped make our weekend a success and a special thank you to those who traveled from Bundaberg, Biloela, and Howard.

Boolboonda Hall Quilters
Are Having A Girls Weekend!
Saturday 13th March
Arrive 8.30am
Starting at 9am.
Finish 4pm Sunday 14th

Bring your swag, caravan, tent or sleep under the stars and spend the night with us to have heaps of fun. Hot showers available.

Bring your hand sewing and your machine.
Patchwork DVDs running over the weekend.

Late night girly movie.
PJ’s are compulsory.

All meals will be provided for both days.

Van Cootens Drapery from Howard will be gracing us with their services again.
All proceeds made from the weekend (excluding drapery sales) will be going to the Lions Medical Research Personality Quest Entrant. Tanya Sinden is one of our own and she is working very hard to raise funds for this very worth while cause. Tanya will be doing all the catering for the weekend as well as hopefully getting some sewing in for herself.

Come and join us for the weekend and join in with the fun.

Bookings will be essential for catering purposes.
Full cost for the weekend will be $35 each.
For more information or to reserve your spot please phone Maria 41563328 0r Tanya 045 804 4720. RSVP 11th March

More from Di.

Di’s nephew was only 7 months old when he got this quilt for Christmas 2009. Di found the material over a few random shopping trips and thought they were cute. She didn’t know then what she’d use them for, but knew immediately what they were for when her nephew was born in May. Di’s sister loves it and assures her that it will be used and well loved.

Christmas Gifts Made by Elfi

Elfi originally started this one for her friend in Florida and then with the pink in it thought it was too "girlish" for a lady of advanced years.... (Elfi's words) Her 3 year old grand-daughter happened to see it and grabbed it and wouldn't let it go, as they do. So it ended up being a very loved Christmas gift for her.

Elfi made this one for a Christmas present for her 6 year old grand-son after he admired the panel at Spotlight and mentioned he would like to have a quilt with that picture.

Cutout Magic by Pene

Di's Creations

Di made this pretty pink quilt for her 12 year old cousin. She loves anything to do with horses and pink. Di also added a couple of Betty Boop squares as a personal joke (she pities Di’s addiction!), but has since learned that her “addiction” has rubbed off on her cousin and she now likes Betty Boop as well, so that one worked out quite well. It was her Christmas present for 2009. Hope she likes it!



This was Di’s 1st completed quilt. She also has a couple of others “on the go” and plans for more. The problem is finding the time to do them all!!


This one was for Di’s 14 year old cousin. He enjoys reading science fantasy books, particularly ones about dragons. Di figured black and red were good colours for a boy. The only trouble she had was getting enough dragon material, as it wasn’t the “in” thing when she started this quilt. This was his Christmas present for 2009 and I hope he loves it as much we do!

The quilt with the big R was a 2009 Christmas present for Di’s 9 year old cousin Rebecca (the 3 of them are siblings). She thought of about 8 different designs before she settled on this one. She found it difficult to match patterns with orange – her favourite colour. “It’s not an easy colour to work with and hopefully one I’ll never have to again. I spent the least amount of time on this one as I was running out of days until Christmas!” It’s amazing how fast you can finish a quilt when you have a rapidly approaching deadline!

Di loves the big R and Rebecca thinks it’s awesome! A quilt made just for her.

GIRLS NIGHT IN

Julie and John.

Our good friend and fellow quilter, Barb.

Tanya

Shopping is always fun.

Ronda

Mrs Porter


Lyn and Evilyn laughing again.

Di and Pene pinning another quilt.


More shopping.

Erin and Maria sewing.



One of our many meal times.

Well, what a weekend we had! We gathered at the Boolbbonda Memorial Hall at 8.30am on Saturday with the intent to have fun, and fun we had! We ate, sewed, talked, ate, laughed, talked, cried, ate, and sewed some more. We were honored to have Trevor and Ivey from Van Cotten’s of Howard bring their shop to us. We had fabric and thread at our finger tips to start a new project as we felt the urge. We were entertained by the antics of our good friend Barb who throw lollies at everyone who laughed at her. We were spoiled with great food and plenty of it. We would just finish one meal and we would be called for another! Pene did a great job keeping the food coming. Trevor was great at washing up when he wasn’t cutting fabric for us. Then Sunday breakfast came with a surprise when our cook showed up in a very pink frilly apron. Poor Julie just couldn’t cope with that and nearly lost control of herself! But the bacon, eggs and sausages were worth it.
Thank you to everyone who came to visit us over the weekend. Weather you came to shop, talk, cook, wash up or just sticky beak, you all helped make our weekend the success that it was. We will be doing it all again next March. If you want a fabulous weekend, do yourself a favour and book in with Pene now.